Finnish m/35 aka FN BHPs

[Horilka]

A couple of Finnish m/35s aka BHPs, one is Suomen Armeija (Army) and the other one is Lentojoukot (Airforce). Airforce ones are really hard to find, so I had to settle on the one with post-war replacement grips. Both are all-matching, with correct pre-war SA marked magazines. Both have type I tangent rear sight which means they were shipped with shoulder stocks and both have front sights replaced in Finland when shoulder stocks were abandoned for most of m/35s.

Does anyone have Taisteluvälineosasto "[SA] T" marked one? That's the one I'm missing.

 

[gaff]

Sweet

 

[Pblatzz]

Very Nice!

 

[fugawi]

Great acquisitions!

 

[ArtyMan]

Beautiful pistols! I’m guessing they are quite rare here in Canada?

 

[Lee Enfield]

so they have the early round cam barrels?

and you need some shoulder boards...

 

[Horilka]

Beautiful pistols! I’m guessing they are quite rare here in Canada?

Well, I have seen maybe 5 SA marked pistols in last 5 years and only one LJ, and here it is.

so they have the early round cam barrels?

and you need some shoulder boards...

If you tell when I can get them without paying with my kidney.
Interesting that LJ 11### serial has square cam and SA 12### serial has round. FN changed to square in 1938, but old type barrel can be found as late as early Nazi occupation handguns. This is because contrary to popular myth FN never considered shape of the cam as an issue, but rather as a minor improvement worth implementing and kept old stock barrels and used them as well.

 

[srdiver]

crap thought you were selling.....

 

[Wormald1995]

I got excited thought this was EE!! Very nice collection